1993 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1993 Oklahoma Sooners football
John Hancock Bowl champion
John Hancock Bowl, W 41–10 vs. Texas Tech
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 17
Record	9–3 (4–3 Big 8)
Head coach	Gary Gibbs (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Watson Brown (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Tom Hayes (3rd season)
Base defense	5–2
Captains	Aubrey Beavers Mike Coats Cale Gundy Corey Warren
Home stadium	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium

1993 Big Eight Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Nebraska $	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 16 Colorado	5	–	1	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
No. 20 Kansas State	4	–	2	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
No. 17 Oklahoma %	4	–	3	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Kansas	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	7	–	0
Missouri	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	1
Iowa State	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Oklahoma State	0	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Bowl Coalition representative as champion % – Bowl Coalition at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll

The 1993 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and competed as members of the Big Eight Conference. They were coached by fifth-year head coach Gary Gibbs.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	7:05 p.m.	at TCU*	No. 21	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	PPV	W 35–3	40,418
September 11	2:30 p.m.	No. 5 Texas A&M*	No. 17	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	ABC	W 44–14	68,211
September 25	1:30 p.m.	Tulsa*	No. 10	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 41–20	67,121
October 2	1:00 p.m.	at Iowa State	No. 10	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA	PPV	W 24–7	37,281
October 9	2:30 p.m.	vs. Texas*	No. 10	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	ABC	W 38–17	75,587
October 16	2:30 p.m.	No. 20 Colorado	No. 9	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	ABC	L 10–27	64,213
October 23	1:30 p.m.	Kansas	No. 17	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 38–23	60,411
October 30	1:10 p.m.	at No. 25 Kansas State	No. 14	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	PPV	L 7–21	31,569
November 6	1:00 p.m.	at Missouri	No. 20	Faurot Field Columbia, MO (rivalry)	PSN	W 42–23	31,438
November 13	1:30 p.m.	Oklahoma State	No. 17	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (Bedlam Series)	PSN	W 31–0	65,275
November 26	2:30 p.m.	at No. 2 Nebraska	No. 16	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	ABC	L 7–21	75,674
December 24	1:30 p.m.	vs. Texas Tech*	No. 19	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX (John Hancock Bowl)	CBS	W 41–10	43,848
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

1993 Oklahoma Sooners football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 25 James Allen Fr TE 86 Rickey Brady Sr QB 12 Cale Gundy Sr SE 17 P. J. Mills So RB 7 Jerald Moore Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 72 Aubrey Beavers Sr S 39 John Anderson Jr CB 42 Darrius Johnson So DE 57 Cedric Jones So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 16 Scott Blanton Jr	Head coach Gary Gibbs Coordinators/assistant coaches Watson Brown – Offensive coordinator Mike Jones – Running backs Clarence James – Wide receivers Charley North – Tight ends and special teams Tom Hayes – Defensive coordinator Kevin Wolthausen – Defensive line Lucious Selmon – Outside linebacker and defensive end Johnny Barr – Linebackers Clancy Pendergast – Graduate assistant Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Rankings

See also: 1993 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	22	21	17	12	10	10	10	9	17	14	20	17	15	16	19	19	17
Coaches Poll	21	19	16	13	10	9	9	8	17	13	20	17	14	15	17	16	14

Game summaries

Texas

#10 Oklahoma Sooners vs. Texas Longhorns

1 2 3 4 Total • #10 Oklahoma 3 7 14 14 38 Texas 0 3 7 7 17 Date: October 9 Location: Cotton Bowl, Dallas Game start: 2:30 PM CDT Game weather: 75,587 Television network: ABC

Scoring summary Q1 OKLA Blanton 22 yard field goal OKLA 3–0 Q2 OKLA Moore 9 yard run (Blanton kick) OKLA 10–0 Q2 TEX Szeredy 22 yard field goal OKLA 10–3 Q3 OKLA Gundy 18 yard run (Blanton kick) OKLA 17–3 Q3 TEX Adams 41 yard pass from Morenz (Szeredy kick) OKLA 17–10 Q3 OKLA Gundy 1 yard run (Blanton kick) OKLA 24–10 Q4 OKLA Chandler 3 yard run (Blanton kick) OKLA 31–10 Q4 TEX Adams 12 yard pass from Morenz (Szeredy kick) OKLA 31–17 Q4 OKLA Gundy 3 yard run (Blanton kick) OKLA 38–17

See also: 1993 Texas Longhorns football team and Red River Rivalry

At Nebraska

Oklahoma at Nebraska

1 2 3 4 Total #16 Oklahoma 7 0 0 0 7 • #2 Nebraska 0 7 0 14 21 Date: November 26 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 75,674 Television network: ABC

See also: 1993 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team and Nebraska–Oklahoma football rivalry

Vs. Texas Tech (John Hancock Bowl)

Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma

1 2 3 4 Total Texas Tech 0 3 7 0 10 • #19 Oklahoma 14 14 0 13 41 Date: December 24 Location: Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas Game attendance: 43,848 Television network: CBS

Main article: 1993 John Hancock Bowl

See also: 1993 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

Postseason

NFL draft

The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Team
2	54	Aubrey Beavers	Linebacker	Miami Dolphins
6	167	Rickey Brady	Tight end	Los Angeles Rams